Twaalf voorstellingen uit le Mariage de Figaro van Beaumarchais

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plaatrand: hoogte 216 mm x breedte 400 mm

Art Historical Context

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific German engraver and illustrator in the late 18th century, captures the satirical spirit of Pierre-Augustin Caron deumarchais's revolutionary comedy *Le Mariage de Figaro* in 1786 etching titled *Twaalf voor uit le Mariage de van Beaumarchais (Twelve Scenes from *The Marriage of Figaro* byumarchais). Known for his intricate book illustrations and genre scenes in the Rococo style transitioning to Neoclassicism, Chowiecki masterfully distilled the play's witty social commentary on class, love, and intrigue into twelve vignettes across a single sheet measuring ...

About the Artist

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1726–1801

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726–1801) was a German painter and printmaker of Polish-Huguenot descent who became the most celebrated graphic artist in 18th-century Germany. Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk), he created approximately 2,000 etchings that serve as an invaluable visual record of German bourgeois life during the Enlightenment. Largely self-taught, Chodowiecki moved to Berlin in 1743 and ach...